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internal ear

noun

  1. the inner portion of the ear, involved in hearing and balance, consisting of a bony labyrinth that is composed of a vestibule, semicircular canals, and a cochlea and that encloses a membranous labyrinth. Compare ear 1( def 1 ).


internal ear

noun

  1. the part of the ear that consists of the cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals Also calledinner earlabyrinth
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Example Sentences

This design feature is inspired by the multiple synaptic connections between hair cells in the internal ear and neurons, providing a backup should one pathway fail.

The reader has an internal ear: so must the writer.

The internal ear anatomy of Aplodontia is unusual compared to that of other rodents, and the part of the brain associated with the nerves that come from the ear is unusually large.

The sacs of the internal ear, known as the utricle and saccule, receive the impulses of the base of the stapes.

When the loss of hearing, whether complete or partial, does not improve, there is reason to believe that the internal ear has suffered great and incurable changes of structure.

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